Cameras and Acropolises

Well there is only one Acropolis, of course!

But first we had an appointment with a camera repair shop. Josephine’s camera SD card reader was damaged in Istanbul and we could get it repaired. 

This looks like the kind of place that can fix it however!!!



The next day, and 70eur later we have it fixed. And she gets right to work!


We then take off on foot to the Acropolis and see this great tile mosaic (?) in the steps of the Acropolis. 


Such a huge structure. 


Aphrodite Caitlin of the Acropolis!!


The Acropolis Museum was architecturally really interesting.  I noticed it from the top of Acropolis itself as having a top floor that was slightly rotated from the main building and aligned with the Parthenon …




Then inside I noticed that’s where they moved the artifacts for long term preservation. Including many of the feçades. This top floor had steel columns 1-for-1 matching the marble ones in the real one and was to scale and aligned as the original. A must see in my opinion. 


Dinner we stopped at a semi tourist trap place that looked quiet and simple compared to the madness of the main streets and placcas. The Cave of the Acropolis. 🧛‍♂️

I had braised chicken with tomato and rice. 


Josephine had pork souvlaki (not much marinade, papas is better!)


Caitlin had a potato, lamb and cheese broiled pot stew. 


Isabelle had mussaka. She described it as lazagna-meatloaf-pizza thing. 


On the walk back we had fun trying to get lots (but not too lost) and found this ancient chapel a stones throw away from a TGI-Fridays.
I’m told that ancient Athenian warriors would go out for jalapeño poppers at TGIs on Saturday evenings just to be ironic. But I don’t do irony, So i don’t get it. 




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